How to make Body pin Handles

[Tamiyacowboy]

everyone has in some time in rc has lost body pins. and also found how hard they can be to remove in cold weather, so here is my small guide in how we stop this problem.

you will need (picture included)

4 body pins

4 small zip-cable ties

nitro fuel tube (hi viz colors)

i like to use strong color tube, this is easy to see in grass and dirt better than just a body pin and also helps us remove them.

first of take your nitro tube and cut this into four small lengths each about three quarters of an inch. and thread these onto your cable ties. (shown below)

now take one of these cable ties and thread the cable tie through the body clip, you will then start to thread the cable tie back through the fuel tube as show below.

keep theading the cable tie back through the fuel tube and pull all the way, this will trap the body clip and form the handle as shown below

next we thread the cable tie to close it off see below

do the same above three more times and you have your body pin handles fitted and ready to go as shown here.

finnished , now you wont find it hard to find lost body pins and this will also be easy to remove in the colder weather us british have. this method also works for internal chassis pins and on larger scale.

hope this helped you out

TC

[LEE69]

Nice one

[fivecheebs]

Nice idea TC

Thanks for sharing.

[Advikaz]

i usually use plyers to get them of but i like your idea better. (nice one)

[Tamiyacowboy]

glad you find this a helpful subject thank you

pliers are you mad no i understand what you mean they can be very fiddly to remove. gotta say that is is the bread and butter of rc, nearly all rc racers have these on there cars it makes changing and pit stops alot quicker too.

TC

[Mel]

yeah it looks a good tip , i will have to give it a go

[fastboy]

i used to fasten 2 of the clips together using fishing wire thru the large end,easy to pull out plus if one pops out it stays attached to the other one.

[jake01]

cool might have to try that

[hyper-harry]

i have them and they work a treat!!

Also it not not as hard to lose the bloody things!!

[philipalli]

i saw it misbeahving

id oly do it if i was racing

[frank]

Umm... are there meant to be pictures? only, i can't see them if they are there... might be me?

[JamesChatz]

Yes, but this thread is years old.

Another tutorial here.

[andy_n]

and you can do it with only one cable tie and get the exact same effect

[kgsric]

i replaced the clear fuel tube i had on mine with some bright blue shiney pneumatic pipe

[Connor21]

i made mine today.. look great

[Stoka]

The pictures have gone mate?

[ta05]

Another helpful tip for bodypins is most of them lie flat against your shell.... this is far from ideal.

With 2 pairs of strong pliers, hold the body pin with one of the pliers just after the part where it goes though the body post when fully on the car.

With this in mind, you should have a little stub of roundish looking body pin remaining. this part can be bent 45 degrees upwards with the other pliers.... and voila!

You now have a bodyshell pin which is easier to grasp....

Edited June 18, 2008 by ta05

[kgsric]

or an alternative i did as i kept losing them even after that mod is to put it through shock towers etc, that way you'll never lose them, here they are

[ta05]

yes, true although that method is easier for off road cars where the shock towers are external to the car.

With on road its a little harder to do your way. I also use the very long body pins for on road as although they cannot be kept on the shock towers, are not so easy to loose...